1. PAULO, mtumwi wa Kristu Yesu mwa cifuniro ca Mulungu, ndi Timoteo mbaleyo,
2. kwa oyera mtima ndi abale okhulupirika mwa Kristu a m'Kolose: Cisomo kwa inu ndi mtendere wocokera kwa Mulungu Atate wathu.
3. Tiyamika Mulungu Atate wa Ambuye wathu Yesu Kristu ndi kupempherera Inu nthawi zonse,
4. popeza tidamva za cikhulupiriro canu ca mwa Kristu Yesu, ndi cikondi muli naco kwa oyera mtima onse;
5. cifukwa ca ciyembekezo cosungikira kwa inu m'Mwamba, cimene mudacimva kale m'mau a coonadi ca Uthenga Wabwino,
6. umene udafikira kwa inu; monganso m'dziko lonse lapansi umabala zipatso, numakula, monganso mwa inu; kuyambira tsikulo mudamva nimunazindildra cisomo ca Mulungu m'coonadi;
7. monga momwe munaphunzira kwa Epafra kapolo mnzathu wokondedwa, ndiyemtumiki wokhulupirika wa Kristu cifukwa ca ife;
8. amenenso anatifotokozera cikondi canu mwa Mzimu.
9. Mwa ici ifenso, kuyambira tsiku limene tidamva, sitileka kupembedzera ndi kupempherera inu, kuti mukadzazidwe ndi cizindikiritso ca cifuniro cace mu nzeru zonse ndi cidziwitso ca mzimu,
10. kuti mukayende koyenera Ambuye kukamkondweretsa monsemo, ndi kubala zipatso mu nchito yonse yabwino, ndi kukula m'cizindikiritso ca Mulungu;
11. olimbikitsidwa m'cilimbiko conse, monga mwa mphamvu ya ulemerero wace, kucitira cipiriro conse ndi kuleza mtima konse pamodzi ndi cimwemwe,
12. ndi kuyamika Atate, amene anatiyeneretsa ife kulandirana nao colowa ca oyera mtima m'kuunika;